March 2008

Each switch and storage system on the storage area network (SAN) must be interconnected -- usually through optical fiber or copper cabling -- and the physical interconnections must support bandwidt...31 Mar 2008

If you're new to storage area network technology, or just need to refresh the basics, this guide covers the essential concepts of configuration, provisioning, performance and capacity management, a...31 Mar 2008

The growing value of email in compliance and litigation is emphasizing the importance of email retention and efficient email access. No longer is the objective of email archiving just to move aging...25 Mar 2008

Every storage area network will inevitably grow to keep pace with the changing needs of enterprise storage. Growth implies more storage capacity, but raw capacity is just the beginning. Growth also...25 Mar 2008

Startup Atrato Inc. is basing its new disk array on a concept called SAID (Sealed Array of Identical Disks) to bridge the gap between performance and high capacity. The idea is to offer an array th...25 Mar 2008

Hewlett-Packard Co. is replacing its OpenView software framework with new software called Operations Orchestration, and is integrating its Storage Essentials storage management software with Operat...18 Mar 2008

Content-addressed storage (CAS) is a specialized type of archive that provides the inexpensive and high-capacity storage needed to retain data that, although accessed infrequently, still has long-t...17 Mar 2008

Some data archives are little more than "dumb" disk arrays, but the more sophisticated archives provide data deduplication for single-instance storage, robust power conservation features and immuta...17 Mar 2008